Inexpensive Paper Wedding Favors for Budget Conscious Brides

Did you know there are several types of paper wedding favors that can be made quite inexpensively? By being a little crafty, you can have a super inexpensive wedding, without appearing cheap.

Anything Goes When Creating Designs

Make Bookmark Favors
Make your wedding one you'll remember for a lifetime while still keeping within your budget. One idea for paper favors is wedding favor bookmarks. This is an idea that can be cherished for a long time. Cardstock works very well for bookmark favors because it is thicker than normal paper and holds up well. The design you want to make can be traced and cut out. Add a picture of the wedding couple and embellish it with your choice of wedding themed decorations.

Another way is to design your bookmarks on the computer where you can add embellishments directly. Using your printer to print the number of favors you will need and then you can cut out the design you created. Use a hole punch to make a hole at the top or bottom and add a ribbon or two and you have a beautiful wedding favor.

Heart-Shaped Bookmarks
Another style of wedding favor bookmarks that's really quite simple to make are hearts. The hearts are made from any type of paper, again card stock works best. The inside of the heart is cut out in swirls of whatever design you choose. An Exacto knife will cut these out very well. The ribbon or tassel you put at the top can stick out of the book to help you find your place.

And this idea comes from the Valentine Fun website for ideas on heart-shaped little gifts you can make.

Follow their instructions below for another style of heart-shaped bookmark using this image as a guide. Simply right-click on the image and select Save As to save this image to your computer. paper-heart

"These bookmarks slip over the corner of the page to mark your place in a book. They can be made using an envelope by placing the pattern in the corner, then you don't have to use the glue tabs. If using construction paper, cut away the glue tab on the back and only fold and glue the front tab."

Visit the Valentine Fun website for another really cute favor idea that you can easily convert or design into a wedding favor using rolls of Lifesavers and toothpicks to make Cupid's Arrows, and instructions and designs for making your own favor boxes. Since you're using the paper and colors of your choice, all of these Valentine designs can be easily transformed into inexpensive and fun yet elegant and thoughtful paper wedding favors.

Paper Fan Favors
Still another type of paper wedding favors you can make are paper fans. They can be made in any size you want. The paper you use to make them can also be any type. A variety of different types of paper from plain white which can have all types of cut out designs such as tiny hearts to paper that is decorated in a wedding theme can be found.

Simply fold the fan using an accordion style and use pipe cleaner to place in the middle of the folded paper tightly enough to hold it together. Open the fan and spread it out. The top of the fan can be made even prettier by adding embellishments.

Summary
You can find a lot of ideas for paper wedding favors just by looking around and asking friends and family. Everyone knows how to make something and with the different types of paper available, you can make the exact same item look different just by using different colors and designs of paper.

One thing that does not change is that bookmark favors or whatever type of paper wedding favors you decide to make can be quite inexpensive, which is important when you start looking for ideas. When a wedding is being planned, you would be surprised at the number of ways there are to cut corners and still have the wedding that fairy tales are made of.

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